Type casting and composing machine.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

w. E. BRAND.- TYPBGASTING AND GOMPOSING MAGHIHE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1907.

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W. E. BRAND. TYPE OASTING AND OOMPOSING MAGHINB.

AIPLIOATION FILED MAY 31.1907.

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Wit asses No. 862,800. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

W. E. BRAND.

TYPE CASTING AND GOMPOSING MACHINE. APPLIOATIOK FILED MAY a1. 1907.

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W. E. BRAND.

TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINE.

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TYPE CASTING AND UOMPOSING MACHINE.

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TYPBOASTING AND cnmosme MACHINE.

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W. E. BRAND. TYPE GASTING'AND GOMPOSING MAGHINE.

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TYPE CASTING AN'D comrosme MACHINE,

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No. 862,800. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

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TYPE CASTING AND GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1907.

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. .Bm 346 M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. BRAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MONOMAN TYPESETTER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A GORIORATIONOF NEW YORK.

TYPE QASTING COMPOSING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1907 Application filed May 31,1907. Serial No. 376,534,

To all 'whom it may (mu-cm: I Be it known that l, \VlLLlAM BRAND, a citizen of the United Stu-10s, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and $tz1tc of Mnssztchnsctts, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type Casting and Composing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the sonic.

My invention rclittesto type-casting and composing machinrs-1nore particularly to that class of composing machines in Wll ich the line is preliminarily represent ed on a. controller, which afterwards comes into effect to control the operation of the casting mcchztnism. M any of the improvements are, however, equally well adapted mechanicalcontroller in theiorm of an endless belt orchnin, having movable actuating pins, which belt ,is

snlliciontly long to enable the operator to get several lines-ahead of tho nnichino; and l have combined the lohonrd and costing mechanism into one machine, tlwn-by not only saving the cost of the paper, but soving one operation and making a one-man machine of it.

Another impnwemcnt consists in it place-finder. llcrct more, an o1 miter at al-:(. y-bozrrd that did not have t ypou-riior or printing attachnicnthas hadmo means of ti-iii'ng where he left. off, unless he remembered his plaice or marked his copy. I have provided an indicator, without a printing attachment, which enables the oporutor lo rcid the controller, to .find and keep his l)lltleill(lt'ily relieving him of considerable stritin .tnd rendering crrors'much less liable. I

Another improvement; consists in providing low spncc quads. llcrfl'ol'rire,on inn-chines oi this class,

This is a great inconvenience, cspociztll where the print-int, is done directly iroin the type.

Another improvement consists in providing an alarm to inform thii opera-tor when a-nnitrii: gets-stopped up. In machirii-s of this class, the matrices will shun-times hocomc clogged, and a. whole galley of type will he (n-st -with mic-"letter dropped out, :1 blank being cast in its sic-ad. This nmlus u lot of work for the pnioi-rezulcr ond the. man who corrects the outli r, which my improvo'nn-nt renders entirelyunnecessary.

Another improvement. consists in usimplificd counting device and jnstiilor-nhich enables me, in using a quotient-and remainder justiiicr, to reduce the size of for use in connection with other forms of typographic thrspoccs indquads have been full shduldrudrigli.'

the unit to o'nelutli that formerly employed, without increasing the number of combinations: thus permitting practically the duplication of any face of type, instead oi being confined to what is known as selfspacing type where all the type are cast on one of five or six fixed sizes, varying from each other by subsii-tntiztl units of diit'i-rcn cc. vidcd an improv d nlining device for the matrices, designed especially to give absolute a-linement and one which ordinary wen-r will not affect.

Another impnivcment consists in the form of matrixor die-case which permits the type being put in the line of assembly on moving them but a short distance from the place where they are cast. I have also designed a novel movement to control the positions of the matrix case.

A still further improvement consists in providing a set-size index for the nuttrix-case. Hcretofore the running widths or sizes of the type have been indicgtted on .the controller, or the some sizes have been grouped together in the mitt 'imcaso. My plan enables 'me to utilize the advantages of both the old methods.

Other improvements will he described in the specifications and poin ted out in the claims. I

In the following description reierence is mode to the accompanying dra'wings in which:

Figure l is 11, plan. Fig. 2 is rightclevation. Fig. 3 is a-left elevation. Fig. 4 it front elevation. Fig. 5 is a rear elcvzrtion. l' ig fi, is it right section-n1 clove-- tion on line A-A.

indicated by arrow B of Fig. 6. Figs. .8 and 9 are dcinched parts 01 these-me mechanism and Fig. 9" represents an alternative construction. Fig. 10 is a (10 tail, showing connection of key lever. Fig. 11 is o.

right sectional elevation through the key-board about;

on line (I-61. Fig12 is a section through the cover slide and adjacent typewtty about on line DD of Fig. 26. Fig. 13 is n front elevation of the counting-dethe section being taken about on line E---E oi Fig/11. I 'Fig. 14 is a plan detail showing the star wheel to iced the controller and showing four bars of the controller raised to horizontal position. Fig. 15 is a detail showing a section through the controller which might be taken opposite any of the sprocket wheels. Fig. 16 is a. (let-.til section of an end of one of the con trollcr bars. Fig. 17 is a section through the set-size index. Fig. 18 is a front sections-l elevation about on line Fl3 of Fig. 11. Fig. 19 is at left sectional elevation nbout on line GG. Fig. 20 is a detail of device for preventing action of the pump. Figs. 21 and 22 are details, in section, of the casting pot. l ie. 23 is. a front elevation, in sect-ion, shout on line H ll. Fig.

Furi-horniore, I have pro- Fig. 7 is it detail of the matrix ,plztcing' devices-the section being taken about on line 24. is detail, showingthe impression plunger and a section through a matrix bar. Fig. 25 is a right clevation about on linel -l of Fig. 26. Fig. 26 is a plan of the mold and some adjacent parts. Fig. 27 is a plan detail in section, about on line J- J' oi Figs. 4 and 13. Fig. 28 is a scctibn on line K K oi Fig. 1. Fig. 29 is a plan deta l of the upper line word-space regulator shifting device, Fig. 30 is a section on line L-L oi parts shown in Fig. 28. Fig. 3] is a detached view of the shaft and worm to feed the place-finder cylinder. Fig. is a plan detail on line M--M, Fig. 4. Fig. 33 is a detail showing the justifier connection to the body piece limiting-stop. Fig. 34 is a;detai.l view of parts connected with the escape shal tl' Figs. 35, 36, 37, and 38 represent partially diagrammatic, detached parts of the registers and j'ustilier.

General Description.

around a common center and form a sector of a manysided, regular, right prism, having a horizontal axis, on or around which they turn. The bars of the case are held together by a suitable frame-the whole being mounted in a matrix-case carriage-to move in the direction of their length bodily, with the carriage.

The bars have an independent circular sliding movement on the carriage, which is effected-by connec tions ironi a rock shaft above the case, which shaft c0- incides with the axis around which the bars are moved. By rocking this shaft, any desired bar is brought to the central position and by moving the carriage, any do: sired matrix on a bar is brought to the casting 'point. A matrix bar, when in the central position, may be moved radially outward to seat the selected matrix on the mold. This movement is accomplished by an impression device which is called into action imme diately after the selecting devices have operated. The two movements of the matrix case to select a. matrix are effected by a matrix placing mechanism which is operated from a power driven shaft and controlled by pins in an endless belt or chain, which pins are set up or arranged in any desired combination by connections from a finger keyboard.

I have arranged a set-size index, operated by the connections between the .matrix placing mechanism and the matrix-casmto move in unison with the case. This 'lTIClGXLhaH pins of'varying. lengths which represent the sizes, running-wise or set-way, of the corre sponding matrices in the ase. Connections are made from the index to the bcl ly piece to limitthe mold opening to correspond with the set or the character whose matrixis at the casting point. The pins of the controller having been set, a constantly running power shaft operates, through suitable connections, to

feed the controller to the matrix-placing mechanism; select a matrix correspondingto the pins set in the cr'mtrollcr; seat the matrix on the mold; set the bodypiece; inject type metal into the mold from a casting pot; discharge the cast type and assemble it in a suitable channel or run-wayto be carried finally, to a galley--one type being cast with each revolution of the power shaft and the controller being led one step each time, so as to cast type and spaces in the order indicated on tin.- controller.

in the passage of the type from the niold to the gab ley, 1 have arranged to project the spaces below the line of type into the path of a saw orcuttcr, in order t9 reduce their length. I do this by casting the type and spaces with two nicks and providing the assembly channel with one nick guide and arranging to have the type enter the channel with their lower nick on the guide and to have the spaces driven down'so they onter with their upper nick on the guide.

The spaces are driven down from the fact that they are shorter than the type. When a matrix becomes stopped up, the type cast from it is without ahead and is short, like a space, and it calls into action a kno'cking mechanism to drive it down, the same as a space does. Every time the knocker acts, an electric circuit is closed to ring an alarm. When a space is called for by the controller the circuit is broken at another point by a special pin in the controller, so the alarm is not sounded. When the knocker closes the circuit for a short type the circuit is not broken by the controller, as in the case of a space and the alarm sounds, calling the attention of the operator to the fact that a matrix has become clogged. V v

The controller for the matrix placing mechanism is made up of bars or tubes connected together by links and adapted to be carried or fed through the machine over suitable sprocket wheels. the controller carry movable pins. These pins ar set or driven out by the key action, two pins being ordi narily driven with each stroke of a kcy-one to select a matrix bar and the other to select the matrix on that bar corresponding to the key struck. The key action also releases an escape shaft which operates to feed the controller one step and to record the width or amount of line space of the character struck, on a suitable reg ister. The divisions of the controller between words are indicated by special spacepins and the divisions between lines by special line or galley pins.

In order that the operator may find his place on the copy I have arranged to have the machine keep :1. rec- 0rd, at all times, of, the last twenty-five or thirty keys that have been struck. I provide a hollow hor zontal cylinder having rows of pins parallel with the axis of the cylinderone pin for each. key. Above the cylinder I arrange an identifying'index with the charactors of the key-board markedon it. The pins stand normally in an outward position. Connections are made from the key levers so that when a key is struek in the key-board, the cylinder will be turned one step and a pin will he drivendown, under the corresponding character marked on the index. 13y moving the index or turning the cylinder, the operator can read the last few words he has set up on the keyboard.

A plurality of special controllers or word-space regulators are provided tor the justifyingspaces. These The bars or tubes of consist of blocks havingpins which can be set to select spaces of any desired size, each block controlling the spacing for a single line. The setting of these space regulators is effected from a justifier which is brought word-space regulator for that line, instead of from the index; whereby spaces will-be cast of proper width to effect the justification of the line, and when one of the line pins is reached a special movement shaft is called into action to draw out the completed line and deposit it in the galley.

General Arrangement of Parts.

A substantially square column is provided, on the top of which, mounted at the left, is the mold and matrix-case. The key-board and place'finder are mounted on the front of the colunin--thc justifying mechanism to the right of the key-board. Just back of thejustifier is the controller and beyond it at the right -and rear is the matrix-placing mechanism. A shaft and rack, at the top and rear, connect the matrix-placin g mechanism to the matrixeasc on theleft. On these connections is mounted the set-size indcx. After the type are cast they are carried to the leftand brought forward, the line being assembled towards the front. Galley mechanism at the left bring-the lines, as completed, stilllurthcr forward and deposit them towards the right in a galley which is mounted on the front side of the machine, just back of and above the key-board The column is Hollow and its upper back portion is cut away; Across this opening extends the power driven shaft, carrying most of the cams necessary to produce the automatic movements of the machine. The shaft extends to the right, beyond the column and has several cams directly under. the matrix placing mechanism. At tho'left, outside the column, is a vertical spur of the power shaft, carrying cams and a gear to operate some of the mold movements, the type packer and the space cutting saw. A drive pulley is placed at the extreme left. Agalley or line shaft, eitending through the left side of the column, and driven from the power shaft by a clutch, on theinside oft-he column, has, on its left hand end, justoutside the column, cams and a crank pin to o 'X-ratc the line transfer or galley mechanism.

The casting pot is-pl'aced at the cxtrcnm rear of the column, connection being n'iade to the mold by a long for- Wardly extendingpipc or tube.

Detail Description.

Main ji'arna and'drivc shafts. The main frame consists of a hollow column'l, substantially square, having a base 2. The n p per port-ion of tho/(1011111111 is open at the back. Across this opening is mounted a horizontal shaft 3, held by caps 4 and 5 and-driven by power applied to pulley 6, placedat its extreme left end. Outside the column at the left is an auxiliary power shaft 7, mounted vertically and made to turn with. the horizontal power shaft by a pair of miter gears 8. These two shafts carry the cams, cranks, gears, etc. necessary to operate the various mechanisms that need to be power driven,

,A galley shaft 9, mounted inside the column has a hearing at one end in hanger 10. Its other bearing is in the side of the column. This galley shaft is driven by a gear 11, carrying a clutch ratchet l3, loose on the shaft and in mesh with drive gear 12 on the power shaft. A clutch pawl 14, pivoted in shaft 9, is released by connections from a galley pin in the controller, at the propertime, and engages the clutch teeth, causing the shaft to make one revolution to operate the connections to draw out the .line and deposit it in the galley. These connections are operated by cams and a crarlc pin outside of the column.

On the top of the column is a bed plate 15. To the column and to this plate are fastened. the remaining parts of the frame-work of'the machine, which will be pointed out in connection with thc parts which they support.

Mold. The mold consists of left and right cheek pieces 16 and 17; body piece 18; cover slide, consisting of upper and lower pieces 19 and 20-the jet chamber 21, being formed in the lower piece 20--- the whole being mounted on a mold base 22, which incloscd between a front bracket 23, and rear bracket 24 on which brackets are mounted the parts which support the matrix-case carriage. The functions and relative arrangements of the mold parts above cimmcratcd are well k11own-the terms used being the technical ones in common use among type founders.

The body piece l8 is nornially drawn to rear to open the mold, by a spring 25 secured to the rear end thereof. It is limited in its nmvcmeuts, to correspond to the set of various characters, by a stepped stop slide 26,

which enters-a slot in the body picce-l' cin1 hold, nor- "mally, to the left, by spring 27, so as to limit the moveon a lever 30.

The cow-r slide is n ci nor-atcd to open and close the mold at the proper illl|l','l) a winner-ting rodil], so-

cured to crank arm 32 on shaft 33, which shaft is moun ed in front and rear boxes 234 and 35, being rocked half a revolution to throw the-crank to'dead centers, by a pinion 36, at the rear end of the shaft, in mesh with a vertical rack 37 which rackis hold in place by the tap 5 and is operated by a roll 38, entering cam slot 39 of a cam \rhccl 10. "Therm-1:37 also serves to'opcratcv the matrix placing mechanism.

when the cover slide is moved to the right, the jet chamber is in line with a pivot ed arm all, by means of which the jets are ejgctcd---the arm having a 'conndcting.

rod 42,-t0 .a lever 43, operated through roll 44, by cam 45 on the power shaft.

Theinold has two fixed alining plates 46 and 47, the left one, 46,].reing cut away'on its under side to form a passage nay 48, for the head of a iypc as it is carried away. Those alining plates are firmly attached at their rear ends to the stationary cheek pieces 16 and 17 of the ,mold and at thci r front ends to an upwardly extending flange of the mold base 22. I 

